Cat with IBS. Had it sorted with special food, but now the manufacturers have changed the recipe. Aaaaaarrgghhh!!!

[JammyQueenOfTheSewers]

Well title sums it up really. Cat was being a bit sick and with diarrhoea on and off for some months and early this year we sought advice from vet. They ran some tests to check for kidney and thyroid problems, and did xray to check for tumours but nothing found. So they suggested it was probably IBS and recommended a prescription only food (Royal Canin Sensitivity Control), which solved all the problems Went and bought another bag of the stuff a few weeks ago and the packaging was different, I thought it was just a different flavour. Ever since she's not eaten properly, and the old symptoms have started coming back. Bad diarrhoea this morning lead me to go back to the vets to ask if we could but some of the first lot we'd had please, only to find out they manufacturer has changed the recipe (and hence the packaging).

So we now have Hills equivalent to try and fingers crossed. Just wanted to get my annoyance off my chest really, and see if anyone has any advice on feline IBS and to warn others.

There are lots of different manufacturers with lots of prescription diets so it is worth trying different ones until you find another that suits. If it is possible then try and compare the ingredients list of old and new to see what has changed, and your vet should be able to look at some of the other products they can get hold of and see which compares the most closely.
Hills make a big range of prescription diets so if one of theirs does not suit then another is worth trying. At a guess you have i/d now, but if that does not help then ask for d/d (several flavour options designed for allergic reactions so usually novel protein sources such as venison/duck etc) or if still no help try z/d as this is specially treated protein to try and stop the body recognising allergens. You could always use z/d for a while and then try other foods in time. The drawback to z/d is that it is more expensive than most of the other prescription foods because the manufacturing process for it pushes the cost up.

Hope that helps

Thanks. Yes we've got i/d at the moment. Will see how it goes over next couple of weeks.